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15 My Little Pony Mashups

If you want to create something that will appeal to internet surfers, keep this in mind: the essence of comedy is the juxtaposition of opposites, or at least somewhat unrelated things. When you combine the pleasantness of something cute with the excitement of something popular but not cute, you get a surefire hit -that is, if you have the talent to pull it off. Several years ago I posted Cute Little Cthulhu on this same theme. Those mashups came from juxtaposing the horror of Cthulhu with something cute like babies, fuzzy slippers, or Hello Kitty. In more recent years, the "cute" tends to come from the popular toys of the My Little Pony series, which provides the adorably shaped horses and a dose of nostalgia for those that grew up with them. There's no end to the horror that artists will mash with the ponies.

1. Kirk and Spock

Sara Bean makes customized My Little Ponies any way you want them! These two pay homage to Star Trek, as the Kirk pony wears a proper command uniform and has an Enterprise decal/tattoo/brand on his rear flank. Spock has not only Vulcan ears but also a unicorn horn! You can order yours through her Etsy shop. Check out her Transformers and Boba Fett ponies, too!

3. Darth on a Pony

Six-year-old Sarah got a birthday cake featuring her pop culture favorites: Darth Vader riding a My Little Pony! And little girls should get what they like on their birthday cakes. This mashup cake is only one of Sarah's awesome birthday cakes that combine Darth with figures such as Tinkerbell and the Disney Princesses. See the rest at Cake Wrecks.

4. My Little Alien

Finnish artist Mari Kasurinen, also known as DeviantART member Spippo, added Super Sculpey to a MLP toy to create the Alien Queen pony.

7. Flutter Trooper

8. My Little Avengers

Eight of the characters from The Avengers look good as ponies! Bad guy Loki is outnumbered, but each character stands on its own as well. DeviantART member EatToast made these mashups, and posted each separately and together. You'll find links to each here.

10. The Rainbow Knight Rises

The soundtrack of a The Dark Knight Rises trailer was synched to relevant scenes from the My Little Pony cartoon series to make this wonderful mashup by cloverfieldmoster, who does quite a bit of this sort of thing. Check his YouTube channel, Cloverfieldmoster's Equestrian Network, for more My Little Pony video mashups. Another source for MLP video mashups is Lost in Equestria.

11. Sweet Bacon Pony

12. The Four Little Ponies of the Apocalypse

Robot Chicken gave us this video mashup of Biblical prophesy and My Little Ponies called Apocalypse Pony. Favorite quote: "I love you, Pestilence!" It's a parody of an ad for new MLP toys. Get a good look at the actual ponies used in the video at Popped Culture.

Also on Mental Floss:

DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes.
He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)